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&SPECIEICATION orning part of Letters Patent No. 303,(579, dated August 19, 188 1.`

` Application filed February 4, 1884. (ModeLl Te avZZ whom 7325 may cnce7^n.-'

Be it known that I, GEORGE G. STEGMAN, a citizen of the United States, residingin Lockport, in the county of Niagara and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvenents in Coring and Slicing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to produce the means for rapidly coring and slicing apples and slitting the cored slices, all of which will be i'ully and clearly hereinaftcr shown and cxplained by reference to the acconpan ying drawngs, in which- Figure 1 is a front or face elevation of the top of the machine complete. Fig. 2 is a back View of the cutting de-viee and frame,and also a portion of the machine. Fig. 3 is a side clevation of a portion of the machine, showing the dcvice for recciving and carrying the apple to the cuttingknife. Fig. t is a section through a portion of the slicingplunger, and

Fig. 5 is a central lon gitudinal section through the machine, the upper portion of the slicingplunger being left off; and Fg. 6 is a top view of a portion of the same.

The machine is intended to lie horizontally on a table or its equivalent, as shown in the drawngs.

a is the horizontal frame or bed of the machine.

(U is a vertical piece rigidly fastencd to the frame for holding the coring-tube a a represents the cring-plunger. It is arranged so as to move back and forth in slideways a and is operated by a lever or handle, cu", jointed by a pin, c, to the frame and to the coring-plunger by a pin, c'. The outer end of the handle is provided with a long narrow opening, 0 (shown by dotted lines in Fig; 1,) through which the pin c passes. The end of the coring-plunger is provided with a sharppointcd pin, c, for holding the apple in position while forcing it over the coring-tube a.

The devce for drawing the apple off from the coring-tube consists of the bent bar 0 secured by staples d, so as to allow it to move easily back and forth. It is j ointed by a pin, ol?, which is fastened to the bed ofthemachine and passes through a slot, a in the handle. The hnife d', for giving what is termed the combination cut/ is sccurely fastened to the back of the slicing box d by means of a screw, (1 or other we1l-known means. (See Fig. 2.) It projects upward, so as to meet the end of the curved apple-receiving bar (1 when it is down into the position shown by the dotted lincs in Fig. 5. The office ot' the receiving-bar d* is to receive the cored apple as it is forced off from the coring-tube, (see Fig. 5,) from which it is transferred to the knife when the curved reeeiving-bar is in the position shown by the dottcd lines d The receiving-bar is provided witha counterwcight, c, which kceps it up until the weight of the apple causes it to move down, as shown. When released from the weight of the apple, it immediately assumes its `upward position again.

The arrangement of the slicing-knivcs e' e c e* e is shown in Figs. 2 and 5, which are seeured firmly in place by the screws f. The slicing-plunger f is rigidly Secured to the coring-plunger and moves back and fort-h with it. It is provided with the clearcrs f which pass between each of the knives and. push the sliced portions of the apples through. Each annular slice of the apple is cut through one side as the apple is forcedagainst and past the dividng-knife to and past the slicngknivesfi The slicing-knives are arranged so as to slice the apples into slices,(inclicated by the dotted lines f in Fig. 5.)

The operation of the invention will be easily understood from the foregoing description and accompanying drawings. An apple is first set against the top of the coring-tube,aud the coring-plunger is brought forward until the pin passes into the apple and secures it in position. The coring-plunger and slicing-plunger are now brought down, which forces the apple over the coring-tube and the core down through it. As the plungers are now reversed and brought backward,the apple is forced back off from the coring-tube onto the receivng-bar, as shown in Fig. 5, and falls into the position shown onto the slitting or dviding knife, when, on the next forward movement of the plungers, another apple is cored and the preceding one is sliced as [before mentioned. The slcing-plunger is provided with a slot or long narrow opening, j so as not to interfere with the dividing-knife as it moves forward.

I claim as my invcntion- IOO 1. The conbination, substantially as heroin set forth, of a plunger provided with aslot,f a suitable mechansm, substantially as specified, for Operating it, a eoring-tube and plunger for receving and holding the apple, a counterweighted receivingbar nounted in bearings, SO as to Swing on the frane a, nechanisn for drawing the apple over it, and a sltting-knfe, d, arrauged below the receiving-bar, all combined for joint operation, substautially as and for the purposes described.

2. In a coring and slieing machine, a coring devee, means for drawing the apple therefi'on onto a reeevingbar located so as to Swing in journals or loops 011 the frane a, in eonbnation with a slitting-knife arranged below the reeeiving-bar, the plungers a f a pivoted lever, (u for Operating theni, and a Series of slicing-knivcs, substautially as described, for the purpose of receiving holding,

'0 by a pin, the curved reeeving-bar, counter- Weighted by a weight, e, and pvoted to the frane a, stationary slitting-knife d', located below the reeeiviug-bar, and a series of slicing-knives, the whole adapted for conjoint operation, substantially as and for the pur poses described.

GEORGE G. STEGMAN.

-witnesses G. F. LAWRENCE, CHAS. VVAKEMAN. 

